The experience of peripheral regions in an age of industrialisation : the case of Devon, 1840-1914

This thesis addresses the unresolved question of whether industrialisation helps or hinders progress in the peripheral regions of developing economies. Devon is seen as a 'sample of space' within which the breaking down of regional identities by changes in the Victorian transport infrastru...

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Main Author: Finch, Greg P.
Published: University of Oxford 1984
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.352229